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magnificos

magnificos is the plural of magnifico.

Meaning of magnifico

Noun

magnifico (plural magnificos or magnificoes)

  1. (historical, obsolete) A grandee or nobleman of the Republic of Venice.
    • For be ſure of this, / That the Magnifico is much beloued, / And hath in his effect, a voyce potentiall, / As double as the Dukes, he will diuorce you, / Or put vpon you what reſtraint, and greeuance, That law with all his might to inforce it on, / Weele giue him cable.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act...
  2. (obsolete) A rector of a German university.

Questions about magnificos

What is magnificos the plural of?
Magnificos is the plural of magnifico.

Words near magnificos in the dictionary

  1. magnificentness
  2. magnificient
  3. magnifick
  4. magnifico
  5. magnificoes
  6. magnificos
  7. magnifie
  8. magnified
  9. magnifier
  10. magnifiers
  11. magnifies

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